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Lost in the Pfizer press release that vaccine is 90% effective: ‘Percentage may vary’

Article content continued “I just want to see the evidence.” Canada has bought the rights to 20 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine. Ottawa, hedging its bets, has also signed pre-order agreements with Quebec-based Medicago, Moderna and other companies for up to 358 million doses of different vaccine candidates. A federal advisory committee has recommended those… Read More »

Another conflicted all-expenses-paid junket offer by the National Press Foundation

Two months from now we will be in mid-winter, late January. How about four days in warm, sunny West Palm Beach, Florida? All-expenses-paid. How inviting. But how troubling.  Once again. An email was sent to journalists this week announcing this junket funded by Bayer, a multinational drug company.  Bayer markets a number of cardiovascular drugs… Read More »

The language of medicine – Daily Press

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Celebrity Press releases: Understanding The Purpose Of Your Press Releases

Many modern businesses have decided to embrace the opportunities presented by press releases. It has become a very powerful tool for business promotion. Experts now advocate the importance of press release in SEO, online marketing and advertising. However, writing celebrity press releases is not just all about banging on your keyboard; it requires writing in… Read More »

Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play (MIT Press)

In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive… Read More »